The mainland Chinese woman surnamed Liu went to the bank to withdraw her aunt’s estate but was rejected. (Picture / Retrieved from Sohu.com)
“Bank management is too lenient!” In a recent inheritance dispute in Henan, mainland China, a woman surnamed Liu complained that her aunt, who had supported orphans and widows for many years, handed over her bankbook and account password to him before she died. After her aunt died, she went to the bank to collect the money, but she was rejected on the grounds that Liu was not the legal heir, so “the money belongs to the state”, which made Liu dumbfounded and saddened.
According to the Chinese mainland media “Sohu”, the woman surnamed Liu said that her aunt was a widowed old man who was never married and had no children. A few days ago, my aunt unfortunately passed away. When she was dying, she seemed to realize that she was going to die soon, so she took out a bank book and gave her the account number and password.
Liu Nv recalled that when she got this passbook, she had mixed feelings, thinking that her aunt’s life was actually very poor, but she was able to save this sum of money, which made her very moved and sad. However, after her aunt died, Liu went to the bank to collect the money, but was rejected by the bank.
The clerk told Liu Nv that since she is not the legal heir of her aunt, she cannot take the money. If no legal heir appears to withdraw it, the money “will be owned by the state” in the end.
Regarding the clerk’s statement, Liu Nv is completely unacceptable, saying that she and her brother are the only relatives of her aunt, and they still fulfilled the obligation of supporting her aunt before her death. Now she wants to use the money she saved to help her after the funeral and buy a cemetery. , but encountering such trouble really made her angry and dumbfounded.
Is Ms. Liu really unable to get the money? The report pointed out that according to China’s Civil Code, concubines, nephews and nieces have also been divided into the order of heirs in the right of subrogation, so Ms. Liu actually has the right to inherit her aunt’s estate. The bank’s argument is not valid.